#equalrightsamendment

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President Biden on Friday declared that he considers the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution “the law of the land,” a surprising declaration that does not have any formal force of effect, but that was celebrated by its backers in a rally in front of the National Archives.

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ERA - We’re almost there!

We’re getting closer to the Equal Rights Amendment becoming a part of the U.S. Constitution. With 38 states having already ratified (shout out to Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia) there is nothing standing in the way of women’s equality (aside from some arbitrary date given in the past). But since we know better, we’re gonna do better, right? This is major! Listen…

[tucson-progressive]

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Yay! Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). what does this mean? This means that the ERA has run the gauntlet of the state legislatures. It will now be sent to the Congress to become part of the constitution. They are going to be legal battles over this, but every amendment that has been ratified by the states has become part of the constitution regardless of any deadlines. Stay vigilant. The fight is not over, but we have overcome a big hurdle. Let's celebrate! How did Virginia beat Arizona to the finish line on the ERA? They flipped the Virginia Legislature from red to blue. #equalrights #era #equalpay #equalrightsamendment #virginia https://www.instagram.com/p/B7W-7o7hx5H/?igshid=18uub6kqaelky

[civicdirect]

#rbg #notoriousrbg If I could choose an #amendment to add to the #constitution, it would be the #equalrightsamendment. I think we have #achieved that through #legislation, but legislation can be #repealed; it can be #altered. So I would like my #granddaughters, when they pick up the Constitution, to see that #notion - that #women and #men are #persons of #equal #stature - I’d like them to see that is basic #principle of our #society. #eranow #era thanks @unitewomendotorg https://www.instagram.com/p/BuHTse2BZWe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a3v0cc3zpjrs

[digitalpubliclibraryofamerica]

On This Day in 1972, Congress adopted the Equal Rights Amendment. Suffragist Alice Paul first proposed the document forty-nine years earlier and, to this day, it remains unratified. Learn more about the Equal Rights Amendment in this primary source set: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sets/the-equal-rights-amendment This portrait of Alice Paul comes from the collection of the National Portrait Gallery via Smithsonian.

[nataliewhiteforequalrights]

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[feministstruggle]

Supreme Court Ruling: Cause for Celebration and Concern

On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a surprise 6 to 3 decision written by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch in three cases interpreting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act banning sex discrimination in employment, The first two cases involved gay men who lost their jobs for being gay (Bostock vs. Clayton County, Georgia, and Altitude Express Inc. v Zarda) and the third involved a transgender-identified male who was fired upon announcing he was "transitioning" and would be returning to work in women's garb (Harris Funeral Homes vs. EEOC.).First the good news. The Court held that discrimination based on homosexuality was covered under Title VII as a form of sex discrimination since it is intrinsically tied to biological sex. This means that after many decades of struggle, lesbians and gay men finally now have federal civil rights protection against job discrimination. Also, the interpretation of Title VII is so broad that sex-based dress and grooming codes and discrimination based on all forms of gender non-conformity may be successfully challenged in the future, something important to feminists.The decision in the Harris case is far more problematic for feminists concerned abut the maintenance of sex-based rights. True, Judge Gorsuch did not fully embrace transgender ideology,; he did not deny the existence of sex; he didn't use the popular expression among transactivists, "assigned at birth", and instead, referred to "observed sex at birth.", Read the full article

[feministstruggle]

ERA JUST GOT RATIFIED IN THE 38TH STATE!!

We are thrilled to learn that on January 15th, 2020 the Virginia legislature has voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment!  It's about time, Virginia, but thank you for finally acting on behalf of the women of the United States to end our second-class citizenship! The Equal Rights Amendment reads as follows: "Section 1: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Section 2: The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article." Equal Means Equal and other groups were there to ensure that the Virginia legislature did not forget its promise to vote to ratify the ERA nearly 50 years after it was introduced in the U. S. Congress in 1972 and almost 100 years after it was first introduced in 1923 as the Lucretia Mott Amendment.  Many of us marched for the ERA and were disheartened when it did not reach the critical 38 states in 1982, but some of us never gave up the fight.  We wish to thank our sisters for their hard work and perseverance in pursuing ERA ratification! Though there are still a few hurdles to its being enshrined in the Constitution as the 28th Amendment, it is way past time that women's rights be fully recognized!  We will continue to fight until that happens!! Read the full article